In any case, the term "hip-hop" defines today's
living and eclectic urban music current.
Usually, hip-hop is considered a musical stream based on
rhyming at high speed on a rhythmic basis. But in reality, this is only one of
its slopes, rap, a musical genre of urban character and reclamation. Hip-hop is
the culture that encompasses and cannot be equated with the simple fact of
singing. This cultural movement was born in the 1970s on the Bronx district
streets in New York as a response to the oppression in which African citizens
lived. There are mainly four manifestations of this subculture: graffiti, DJ,
MC, and break-dance.
The performance of Hip Hop mixes, in successive levels,
genres that for the western culture would be different and separated (music,
poetry, dance, painting). The differential is the interpretation, the fusion of
all these elements that makes of it an artistic form that would not be
equivalent to the sum of the separated elements. To understand the
multidimensionality of performance, it is necessary to do so in its social
context.
Since its evolution throughout the southern Bronx, hip-hop
culture has spread to different urban, suburban, and community cultures around the
world. As a result, Dallas rap music was birthed through the hard and dedicated
work of rappers.
The rapper Cary Woods, also known as OG 2G is one of the main figures of Urban hip-hop
music in Dallas. The singer is highly recognized, thanks to his great mastery
of improvisation and the exciting content of his lyrics.
This artist is not a
simple singer; he has advanced beyond writing good rap. Cary Woods is an
intellectual who has also sought to help the less privileged social classes.
Furthermore, he has created a new sound bringing the south
and Dallas urban music scene to a "whole new level"! His positive
words along with his thrust to help his community has brought the song
"New Wave" to the top of the charts in his local area! Being a single
father with a positive outlook on life and helping others has allowed him to
grow a following that can only grow worldwide! Being home grown from Dallas,
Texas has allowed him to tap into the true urban rap scene giving listeners the
inspiration they need to be more not only financially but also more within
their community! OG 2G, through his website http://www.2gmuzik.com, lives and breathes the words in
"New Wave" and is pushing them to the rest of the world in hopes that
they can inspire others to live the "new wave"!
